Name: Desulfotomaculum australicum Love et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’li.cum. N.L. neut. adj. australicum, pertaining to Australia

Pronunciation, gender: a͡us-TRA-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: AB33; ACM 3917; DSM 11792; KCTC 15817

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M96665 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Love AC, Patel BK, Nichols PD, Stackebrandt E. Desulfotomaculum australicum, sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Great Artesian Basin in Australia. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:244-251.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 47. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:864-865.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Desulfofundulus australicus (Love et al. 1993) Watanabe et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfofundulus australicus (Love et al. 1993) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculum australicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfotomaculum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Love AC, Patel BK, Nichols PD, Stackebrandt E. Desulfotomaculum australicum, sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Great Artesian Basin in Australia. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:244-251.

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Record number: 775629